Slide: WD_41_13

Moderately to well sorted, fine- to medium-grained, subrounded placer beach sands rich in opaque iron oxide grains of high specific gravity and containing minor admixtures of calcareous reef detritus. Has orthopyroxene in addition to clinopyroxene.

Mineral and Rock Abundances

Fabric: tpr194 - Arawe placer

None (0) Minor (1) Few (2) Common (3) Frequent (4) Major (5) Very Dominant (6)
0% 0-5% 5-15% 15-30 % 30-50% 50-70% 70-100%
Cal. QuartzFeldspar Pyroxene Amphibole Opaques OlivineBiotite Muscovite Epidote Garnet/ Spinel Ig./Met. Rocks Sed. Rocks Grog Lithics
2 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vitric, microlitic

Images

Apalo_Arare66_3 Apalo_Arare66_3
Sherd 66-3 from Apalo (Kumbun). Slide WD_41_13 from Dickinson Collection, Bishop Museum. x4 Magnification PPL (left) XPL (right). Scale bar: 0.5mm. High resolution image in VIMIPO (user: Guest pwd: Guest). Imaged by K. Hardy and M. Leclerc, ANU.

Sherd: 66-3

None

Period: None wikidata:

Site: Apalo (Kumbun)

Suspected origin site: New Britain

References:

149 New Britain, PNG, 1997 (Dickinson, W.)

174 Adwe, Arawe, New Britain, PNG, 1998 (Dickinson, W.)